Reported by Richard in Fauntleroy:
My 2011 gray Hyundai Elantra was stolen at 1:30 pm on 45th Ave SW this afternoon by two male suspects. The postman saw them and attempted to intervene but they completed the whole operation too quickly. They drove off toward Wildwood Market intersection. Attaching pics of the suspects from my doorbell camera.
Washington license plate CFV5218. Police incident # 23-72264.
I am sorry that this happened to you. Hopefully, you will get your car back intact. Criminals work 24/7 and have honed their criminal skills. Your mailman sounds like a good, brave guy.
Second time this week reading about a DAYLIGHT crime that occurred less than 200 feet from my home. Pretty fed up with this.
State and local elected representatives are largely responsible for the rapid increase in crime here. Less law enforcement overall, restrictions on pursuing criminals, and higher thresholds for lasting convictions. They keep parroting the same claim that this is a national phenomenon. I’ve been traveling a bit and I can say it isn’t like this in other cities and this isn’t a “national phenomenon”. That’s a lie and they’re trying to deflect from their participation in getting us in this mess.
Police don’t stop crime. And referring to your comment on pursuing – if you’re talking about high speed chases being banned the data is there that they cause more death and property damage than allow the criminal to escape.Putting aside that the manufacture is to blame for these cars being so easily stolen. This propaganda that more police are needed is ridiculous. What’s needed is diversion programs, education, more teachers, more youth programs. These kids should be building cars in classes instead of stealing them.
I’m not sure where this talking point “police don’t stop crime” comes from, but it’s misinformation at best.
I disagree with your opinion that less law enforcement doesn’t impact crime. We have less cops to respond than we did 3yrs ago and we have a lot more crime. We are the experiment and the data is in.
You’ve been reading junk data. You don’t know what you’re talking about. Police do stop crime.
Your anecdotal observations would be inconsistent with data offered by police departments themselves. In fact they tracked the trend to even extend to Canada. I don’t know if it’s been done yet or not, it will certainly be in the future, but I am fairly confident you will find a correlation in that data between increased crime rate and a) decreases in average income, b) increases in homelessness and/or, c) unemployment. https://majorcitieschiefs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MCCA-Violent-Crime-Report-2022-and-2021-Midyear.pdf
As a Hyundai owner I just became aware that many older Hyundai and KIA models have become a major theft target thanks to tiktok and the incredible ease of stealing these. If you’re an owner of either take it in to get the software upgrade. Hyundai is also getting sued by multiple states due to their very belated response to this problem
As a Hyundai owner I recently learned that if your Hyundai is old enough, it will not be eligible for the software upgrade.
Some Puget Sound police stations have partnered with Hyundai to give out steering-wheel locks; unfortunately none of them are in Seattle.
These teens are really outta control lately, running around grabbing cars left and right like it’s a new Atari game for them. Get a life!!
I found this car near the entrance to Longfellow creek on Brandon St. I’ll call it in to police too, but thought WSB could alert the owner. Nearest house address is 2607 SW Brandon St.
Thanks for calling it in. I was out of town this weekend and will be getting it tomorrow. Hope there’s not much damage.
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